Spring Break Escape

Spring Break Escape offers opportunities for exploration and fun on a budget. From face painting and crafts to musical guests and jaw-dropping science experiments, Spring Break Escape is packed with adventure for all ages. General museum admission applies.

Spring Break Escape 2018 Schedule

Children must be accompanied by an adult during all programs.

Monday, March 19

Scavenger Hunt (Information Desk)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hawks are hiding around the museum today. Grab a scavenger hunt sheet at the Information Desk and fly around the galleries to find them all. Then, head to the Discovery Room for a prize!

Meet a Scientist: Herpetology (Great Hall)
10:30 to 11 a.m. Stop by to see some cool frogs, snakes and lizards up close, and meet a scientist who studies them!

Craft: Pteranodon Puppets (Great Hall)
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pteranodons look like dinosaurs, but they are really flying reptiles! Come make your own pteranodon puppet and learn about the “lizards of the sky.”

Mike Hosty (Great Hall)
11 a.m. to Noon Local guitar guru Mike Hosty will have you singing and dancing along! Hosty entertains as a one-man band, playing drums with his feet while strumming the guitar and singing at the same time!

Museum of Osteology (Great Hall)
Noon to 1:30 p.m. Stop by to see and touch incredible skulls and skeletons from the Museum of Osteology!

Craft: Color Spinners (Great Hall)
1:30 to 4 p.m. Create a dazzling wheel of different colors and see how they combine when you start your wheel spinning!

Investigation: Aim for the Sky! (Education Classroom)
2 to 2:45 p.m.Test out different paper airplane designs to see which flies farther or faster, and make a paper airplane launcher! *This program is come and go.

Ancient Creatures of the Deep (Great Hall)
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Have you ever wanted to be a paleontologist? Join us as we dig for fossils of ancient ocean animals! Meet a scientist who studies these cool creatures and learn about the museum’s science outreach program, ExplorOlogy®.

Tuesday, March 20

Scavenger Hunt (Information Desk)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Bison will be hiding in each gallery today. Grab a scavenger hunt sheet at the Information Desk and find them all. Then, head to the Discovery Room for a prize!

Meet a Scientist: Recent Invertebrates (Great Hall)
10:30 to 11 a.m.Check out some cool insects, spiders and other animals without backbones, and meet a scientist who studies them!

Craft: Lanterns (Great Hall)
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Lanterns are a part of many cultural traditions. Make and decorate your own paper lantern to hang in your home!

Insect Adventure (Education Classroom)
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Have you dreamed of holding a foot-long millipede or petting a tarantula? Have you ever seen a possum beetle roll over and play dead? Join the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension and get adventurous with Oklahoma’s only live bug-petting zoo.

Dinosaur Discovery (Education Classroom)
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.*Space is limited to 30 people on a first-come basis. It takes a lot of work for a fossil to go from the ground to the museum. Join Jennifer Larsen, vertebrate paleontology collection manager, for a simulated excavation in our classroom and learn how to identify some Oklahoma fossils!

Craft: Colorful Fish (Great Hall)
1:30 to 4 p.m.Fish have scales that help protect their bodies, and scales come in many different colors. Make your own colorful fish with tissue paper scales!

Investigation: Super Science! (Education Classroom)
2 to 3 p.m. Get ready for some interactive science fun with activities and museum specimens! Learn about how birds get their food, what kinds of rocks are on Earth and in space, and what tools Native Americans have used in the past. *This program is come and go.

Fossils of the Forest (Great Hall)
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.Stop by to see some awesome fossil plants and dig for fossils! Meet with a paleontologist and learn all about the museum’s science-outreach program, ExplorOlogy®.

Wednesday, March 21

Scavenger Hunt (Information Desk)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Fish will be hiding around the galleries today. Grab a scavenger hunt sheet at the Information Desk and reel them all in. Then, head to the Discovery Room for a prize!

Meet a Scientist: Native American Languages (Great Hall)
10:30 to 11 a.m.Learn all about the museum’s Native American languages collection, which has materials from over 72 Native languages!

Craft: Insect Masks (Great Hall)
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Insects, like moths and butterflies, have a special tongue called a proboscis that lets them suck up nectar from flowers like a straw! Come make an insect mask with a curly proboscis.

Insect Adventure (Education Classroom)
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Have you dreamed of holding a foot-long millipede or petting a tarantula? Have you ever seen a possum beetle roll over and play dead? Join the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension and get adventurous with Oklahoma’s only live bug-petting zoo.

Up, Up and Away! (Education Classroom)
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.*Space is limited to 30 people on a first come basis. Get ready for some high-flying fun! Learn how to make your own kite and test it in this fun and interactive workshop hosted by the Confucius Institute.

Story Time (Great Hall)
1 to 1:30 p.m. Join us as we read nature-themed stories, sing songs and wiggle around in this interactive story time with Carrie McKenzie!

Craft: Parfleche (Great Hall)
1:30 to 4 p.m.Children of all ages are invited to learn about parfleches, or animal hide baggage. Then, make your own paper parfleche to hold your treasures!

Paint Your Own Face (Pleistocene Plaza)
2 to 4 p.m. Get creative! Paint your face as a fox, a deer or a rabbit.

Fun with Fossils (Great Hall)
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.Stop by to see some cool dinosaur fossils, meet a paleontologist and learn about the museum’s science-outreach program, ExplorOlogy®!

Thursday, March 22

Scavenger Hunt (Information Desk)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Butterflies will be fluttering around the museum today. Grab a scavenger hunt sheet at the Information Desk and find them all. Then, head to the Discovery Room for a prize!

Exploration Station: Bug Room (Great Hall)
10:30 to 11 a.m.Come see flesh-eating beetles from the museum’s bug room! Meet our dermestid technician and some of our smallest museum workers to learn about their important jobs!

Craft: Planet Sun Catchers (Great Hall)
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Decorate a sun catcher with patterns and colors to look like one of the solar system’s planets or invent your own!

Sugar Free Allstars (Great Hall)
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Get ready to pack the dance floor, because here comes Sugar Free Allstars! This Grammy-featured duo provides a high-energy rock show dance party experience that has been described as a dance-until-you-drop party for all ages.

Survivor: Ecosystem Challenge (Great Hall)
1 to 2 p.m. How do animals survive where they live? Find out with a fun activity that challenges you to decide what features work best in different habitats. Don’t forget to ask about the museum’s science outreach program, ExplorOlogy®!

Craft: Make a Mini Dinosaur! (Great Hall)
1:30 to 4 p.m. Dinosaurs lived long ago, but you can have one of your own! Join us as we make a fun, foldable dino that you can take home.

Investigation: Blast Off! (Education Classroom)
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. *Space is limited to 30 people on a first-come basis. Are you ready to blast off? Learn how to make a homemade rocket and test how high it can go outside! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Friday, March 23

Scavenger Hunt (Information Desk)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Frogs will be hiding in each gallery today! Grab a scavenger hunt sheet at the Information Desk and find them all! Then, hop on over to the Discovery Room for a prize!

Meet a Scientist: Ethnology (Great Hall)
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.Come play some traditional Native American games and see other objects from the museum’s ethnology collection!

Craft: Bug Crown (Pleistocene Plaza)
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Are they under your feet or on top of your head?! What kinds of insects like to hide in the grass? Decorate a crown of green grass with all your favorite critters!

Oklahoma Fancy Dancers (Great Hall)
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.The Oklahoma Fancy Dancers are a group of powwow champions who come together to form a highly acclaimed professional Native American dance troupe. The dance shows are educational, informational, entertaining and showcase a variety of traditional American Indian tribal dances.

Native American Storytelling (Hall of the People of Oklahoma)
12:30 to 1 p.m. Head upstairs to the Hall of the People of Oklahoma for traditional Kiowa and Caddo storytelling with Kricket Rhoads-Connywerdy.

Digging in the Past (Great Hall)
1 to 2 p.m. Stop by to see awesome artifacts and dig for arrow points, pottery and bone tools! Meet an archaeologist and learn all about the museum’s science-outreach program, ExplorOlogy®.

Craft: Animal Masks (Pleistocene Plaza)
1:30 to 4 p.m. Animals have special features, or adaptations, that help them survive. Choose your animal’s features and make a cool mask to take home!

Oklahoma Fancy Dancers (Great Hall)
2 to 3 p.m. The Oklahoma Fancy Dancers are a group of powwow champions who come together to form a highly acclaimed professional Native American dance troupe. The dance shows are educational, informational, entertaining and showcase a variety of traditional American Indian tribal dances.